Furniture-fixture.



MVPATENTED AUG. 11, 1903.

C. FRANGK.

FURNITURE FIXTURE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 14, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CARL FRANCK, OF BEINBECK, GERMANY.

FU RN lTU'RE-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,961, dated August 11, 1903.

' Application filed April 14, 1903. Serial No. 152,561. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL FRANOK, a subject A of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Reinbeck, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference to a new and improved fixture for temporarily connecting parts of furniture. This fixture is composed of three parts, two of which are to be permanently secured to the pieces of the furniture to be connected and the third part of which serves to temporarily connect the two other parts.

In order to make the invention more easily understood,I have illustrated it on the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 of which represents a front elevation of the new fixture. Fig. 2 shows the fixture parts to be secured to the pieces of furniture. Fig. 3 represents the connecting fixture part. Fig. 4 represents a section through the fixture in closed position on line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the three fixture parts. Fig. 6 shows the mode of application. Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of a modification, and Fig. 8 is a front elevation of a detail part.

The fixture is composed of an upper plate awith nose I), a lowerplate c with nose (1, and a clamping part it h. This clamping member consists of the plate is, the upper part of which is formed in the shape of a hooknose 9 and the lower hinge partfof which journals the double-armed lever h e by means The short arm e of this lever in op-' of pin 11. oration acts like an eccentric-cam.

The upper plate a is secured in any suitable manner, preferably by screws, to the one part of the furniture 4" and the plate 0 in a similar manner to the other furniture part s,as shown in Fig. 6, so that the noses b and d of the respective plates are as far apart as is the distance between the under surface of the nose 9 and the hinge part f of the plate It. The plate it is now hung by its hook-nose g upon the nose I) of plate a, the lever-arm h is lifted and the clampingplate is pressed against the plate a, the nose cl entering the out-out portion of the hinge part f, and the lever-arm h 'is then swung toward and pressed against the plate 7o, with the effect of the eccentriccam gliding along the under surface of nose 61 becoming locked thereon by reason of its eccentricity and securely clamping together the two fixture parts a c,as shown in the drawlugs.

When the fixture is to be attached near the top wall of a piece of furniture or in other cramped places, the plate a may be bent angularly, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 7.

Fig. 8 shows a front elevation of a doublearmed lever h e, stamped out of sheet metal and bent in the desired shape.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A furniture-fixture, comprising an upper plate, a nose on said plate, means for securing said plate to a furniture part, a lower plate, a nose on said lower plate, means for securing said lower plate to a furniture part, 

